Dell Precision M6700 Owners Thread

Try getting the drivers for the WLAN 1530 minicard straight from Dell and see if that changes something.

It's also possible that the wireless card is just a bad one and you never noticed until now because you didn't need it. You could also open up the laptop and check if it is properly secured in its place.

 

Thank you very much, Tijo and Michiko, for the informations.

The Wlan Card is working, the point was only that it won't connect without a router. OR, as Michiko pointed out, with a virtual hotspot. I found this about it: http://www.nextofwindows.com/how-to...omputer-into-a-wireless-hotspot-access-point/

Experimented with it step by step, quite complicated, only to find that the author recommends a readymade software for the purpose at the end of his article. As I depart for a one-month-journey tomorrow, I'll come back to this when I'm back. Would be fine if it works, as I'm connecting and disconnecting the USB-cabel of the printer on all days that I'm at work.

Thanks again, and have a good time,

Aki

 

Is there any Dell Control Point application that works for the M6700 and Windows 7 64-bit (for setting options like auto-backlight sensor and such)? I can't find anything on the Dell support page.

 

The one for m6600 should work(control point something), but there is no backlight sensor that I know of.

Sent from my 306SH

 

In essence, that is your answer. Control Point was replaced by Dell FEP (or something like that starting with the M6700), some of our members consider FEP to be bloatware. If by the backlight sensor, you mean the keyboard backlight, that is set on a timer, if you meant an ambient light sensor, the M6700 doesn't have one afaik.

 

You can try this one for the M6600, no guarantees it will work . It just gives a popup for screen brightness, keyboard backlight etc. while it is being adjusted. Yeah, Tijo is describing the other one, DFEP, which is kind of crude.

Dell System Manager (A21 / 6FKMX / R312259)
Driver recommended for providing visual popup status notifications.
Hard-Drive Zip File Download: N/A
Dell Update Package File Download: APP_WIN_R312259.EXE / FTP

EDIT: Eh, if DFEP is already installed, uninstall it before installing this one.

 

Thanks. That makes sense since I couldn't find it in the BIOS settings (like it was possible for M6400) and neither it is visible on the screen bezel. I guess I was to retarded to notice that the brightness changes which irked me were related to Display settings in the Power Saver Plan (kind of like dynamic contrast) and not the ambient light changes.

I never actually had the Dell Control Point installed on the M6400 so I just presumed that some go-to central application is available for the M6700, but judging from your response I guess not anymore. I already have the Dell Feature Enhancement Pack which has these popups for volume, brightness changes and so on. Is the linked file the older version of the DFEP I have or? Thanks.

 

It's control point - basically just a better acting/looking version of DFEP. DFEP just feels badly implemented or designed/written, hokey.
Like Baii said, it should work - but who knows. Let us know if you try it - just know you'll be a guinea pig... lol.

 

dfep osd pop up in the middle which can be pretty annoying.
Assuming it hadn't change.

 

Hey all.
I've owned a M6700 for almost 2 years... 3740qm, k3000m, 16 gb ram, mSATA 128Gb and some 750Gb drive. All fine and dandy till last week.

The 7200rpm drive - located in the pop-out caddy, crashed. no problem. bought another (1TB), but specified to be a sata 3. From what i've understood, on m6700, the msata port is sata 2(3gbits), the others should be sata 3 (6bit/s).

Now... the new drive is sata 3
Drive Controller: Serial ATA 6Gb/s @ 3Gb/s
Drive Model: HGST HTS721010A9E630
(also - writen on the drive 6Gbit/S)

the chipset

Device Name: Intel 82801HBM ICH8-M - SATA RAID 0/1 Controller [B2]
SATA Host Controller
Interface Speed Supported: Gen3 6.0 Gbps
Number Of Ports: 6
External SATA Support: Capable
Aggressive Link Power Management: Capable
Staggered Spin-up: Capable
Mechanical Presence Switch: Not Capable
Command Queue Acceleration: Capable
AHCI Status: Enabled
AHCI Version: 1.30
Ports Implemented: 0, 2, 3, 4, 5


SATA Port#0
Port Status: Device Present, Phy communication not established
Current Interface Speed: Gen2 3.0 Gbps
External SATA Port: Not Capable
Hot Plug: Not Capable
Device Type: SATA

SATA Port#2
Port Status: Device Present, Phy communication not established
Current Interface Speed: Gen2 3.0 Gbps
External SATA Port: Not Capable
Hot Plug: Not Capable
Device Type: SATA


am i missing something?